Shirt-button



B. R. EVANS.

SHIRTv BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I9, 1919.

1,34 ,9 5, Patented Aug. 10,1920.

WITNESS: INVENTOR.

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PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN B. EVANS, OF EUDORA, KANSAS.

SHIRT-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

Application filed November 19,1919. Serial No. 339,154.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN R. EVAN S,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Eudora, in the county ofDouglass and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shirt-Buttons, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in shirt buttons,and one object is to provide a button of this character which will serveeither as a collar button or a cuff button.

A further object is to provide a button which may be adjusted to readilyenter the button holes of a collar band or a cuff and then adjusted toreliably hold it in place.

Another object is to provide a button consisting of a plurality ofadjustable parts, which are permanently connected together, so that oneor more parts are not likely to become detached and lost. 7

Other objects will hereinafter appear, and in order th-atsaid inventionmay be fully understood, reference will now be made to the accompanyingdrawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the button adjusted to the position itoccupies when in place in a collar band or cufl.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the button.

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section of the button in extended position,preparatory to being inserted in the button holes of a collar band orcuif.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section of the button in its extendedposition and revolved about oneeighth of a revolution on its axis fromthe position disclosed on Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a vertical cross section of the button in the positiondisclosed on Figs. 1 and 2.

In carrying out the invention I employ a tubular member 2 provided atone end with a marginal flange 4 of suitable diameter.

6 designates a tubular cap slidably mounted upon the tubular member 2and having a reduced end 8, so that it may be readily passed through thebutton holes in a cuff or a collar band. The closed end of the cap 6 isprovided with a peripheral groove 10 to receive the well-knownbifurcated clip employed on neck ties to hold the same in position.

12 designates an internal retractile spring connected at its ends to theflange 4 and the closed end of the tubular cap 6, for the pur= pose ofnormally holding said cap in the lowered position disclosed in Figs. 1and 5. The tubular member 2 and the cap 6 are further connected by aplurality of arms and links 14 and 16, respectively. Each arm 14 ispivotally connected at one end to an car 18 projecting from the tubularmember 2 and at its opposite end to one end of a link 16, each of whichlatter is pivotally connected at its opposite end to cars 20 projectingfrom the tubular cap 6.

The tubular cap 6 is held in raised positlon against the action of thespring 12 by a resilient detent 22, fixed at one end to the tubularmember 2 and having its opposite end bent at an angle and extending intoan aperture 24 in said tubular member 2. The tubular cap 6 has a notchedportion 26 to engage the top of the detent 22 and thus coact therewithin holding the cap 6 in raised position, as disclosed in Fig. 3.

The tubular cap 6 has a longitudinal groove 28 extending from the notch26 and adapted to pass downwardly over the detent 22 when the bent endthereof is pressed into the aperture 24 to disengage said detent fromthe notch 26 and permit the tubular cap 6 to be drawn to the positiondisclosed in Figs. 1 and 5, by the spring 12. The detent 22, the notch26 and the groove 28 coact in preventing the tubular cap 6 from rotatingon the tubular member 2, and thus possibly damaging the spring 12, thearms 14, and the links 16.

In practice the button is extended to the position disclosed in Figs. 3and 4, to draw the arms 14 and the links 16 close to the tubular member2 and the cap 6, so that they may readily pass through the button holesof a collar band or cuif. The detent 22 is then pressed inwardly torelease the cap 6 and permit the spring 12 to draw said cap 6 downwardlyand lower the arms 14 and the links '16, against one side of the collarband or cufl, while the flange 4 engages the opposite side and thusreliably holds the button in position so that there will be no danger ofit becoming lost. In order to remove the button it is extended to drawthe arms 14 out of engagement with the adjacent side of the collar bandor cufl, so that the button may be readily withdrawn.

The button may be made of any suitable material and of plain orornamental design, and while I have shown and described the preferredconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts, I reserve the rightto make such changes as properly fall within the spirit and scope of theclaims;

Having thus described my invention,.what, I claim and desire to secureby Letters Pat-' upon the member when said means is released, andelements operably connecting said member and the cap and adapted toeoaet with the flange in holding the button in active position. Y

2. A button consisting of a tubular member provided with a flange, a capslidable on saidtubular member, a detent to hold said cap inoutwardposition on the tubular member, a retractile spring to draw thecap inwardly on the tubular member when the detent is released, linkspivotally connected to the cap, and arms pivotally connected to saidlinks and the member to eoaet with the flange in holding the button inactive position.

In testimony whereof-I aflix my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

BENJAMIN R EVANS. Witnesses:

J. S. LAWSON, F. C. STARR.

